Singer-songwriter Nuela Charles is the winner of the first Edmonton Music Prize for her soul-pop album "Aware", presented during a reception at MacEwan University in Edmonton, December 4, 2013. (ED KAISER-EDMONTON JOURNAL)

Musicians from the 780/587 might not be well represented on this year’s Polaris Music long list — only expat Mac DeMarco‘s Salad Days made the top 40 — but they still have a shot at the Edmonton Music Prize.… Continue reading →

Album: Aware
Artist: Nuela Charles
(Independent)
★★★★ (out of five stars)
“You take the good with the bad and the bad with the broken,” Nuela Charles sings on The Good Ones, a slinky, soulful, electro-pop number peppered with soaring, … Continue reading →